Gas Tank Skid/Flat Belly Skid

Stan99 · 01-20-2009, 04:40 PM

Here are few picks of my skids I made. I havnt been on here much latley so thought I would go through and show some updates, especially since I get most of my ideas from here.

This thing fits the tank really snug.

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Here's a few of the crossmember I made. I It hangs down2" from the frame. I rather of had it up more but that is as close as I could get it.

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i plated it with 3/16" steel but I think I am going to cover that with some of that plastic that is supose to be really slippery on the rocks.

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Absolutexero · 01-20-2009, 06:43 PM

oh, dude, that would be so much cooler if i could see the pictures

seriously though, i'd like to see them, i've been wanting to do some skids for my XJ

jackdup · 01-20-2009, 07:08 PM

hey lets get these pics fixed ide like to see these!

Mav-Jason · 01-20-2009, 08:44 PM

yeah those are kinda funny lookin

Stan99 · 01-20-2009, 08:58 PM

Sorry they worked earlier, lets try this again!

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SparkyB · 01-21-2009, 12:23 AM

Looks good! Any pics of these mounted?

**rustywrangler** · 01-21-2009, 07:51 AM

Good Lord man, what is that gas tank skid made out of????????????????? I like it

Stan99 · 01-21-2009, 11:51 AM

Its made out of 3/16". Thats the same as most of the company's out there. Thanks! I have about 5.5 hours into that damn thing.

canyon47 · 01-21-2009, 11:55 AM

What is the weight of it?

Stan99 · 01-21-2009, 01:52 PM

Id say the gas tank skid wayed about 15-20 pounds and maybe a little more for the cross member.

Wrangler_91 · 01-21-2009, 05:00 PM

I like that gas skid, strong and simple. I plan to make one sometime soon.

Stan99 · 01-21-2009, 05:59 PM

It is definatley strong, simple I dont know. I would say I had hard time bending everything and keeping other peices at the right angle. I think it would have went quiker if I just cut all of the peices seperate and then welded them together.

Wrangler_91 · 01-21-2009, 08:09 PM

Oh, I thought thats what you did which is why I said it looked simple, because you didn't have to deal with bending the steel. But now that you mention it I can see where you did the bends. Wen I make mine I will probably just weld everything.

Stan99 · 01-22-2009, 06:06 PM

That to me would be the best and easiest way. All of my angles were all 90's or 45's. They all worked out well. The front of my tank was a really tight, I had to clearence my rear cross member about a 1/4" to get the back lip of the tub to slide down inside of it. That was the only problem I ran into mounting it. Beserk on here also did one and that is what gave me the idea of doing this one. Search and check his out!

**CJ7Pilot** · 01-22-2009, 08:34 PM

That belly skid looks great!

I built a new crossmember, with the intention of adding a skid plate later, but now I think I'll redo the whole thing like yours.

I wish I would have seen yours before I made mine....

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